Amanda Zahui B. Officially Joins Minnesota Women's Basketball 2012 Recruiting Class

According to Sarah Turcotte, "Minnesota
women’s basketball head coach Pam Borton announced Wednesday that Amanda Zahui B., a 6-foot-5
center from Stockholm, Sweden, signed to play for the Gophers this season.
Zahui B. can join the team as early as Dec. 26.









The
center originally signed a National Letter of Intent to play at Minnesota in May, but was not
certified through the NCAA

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USA TODAY High School Sports News - USAT and USATodayHSS.com

Check out USA Today's coverage of the top basketball players from across the country: "A few of the nation's elite recruits have agreed to let us into their worlds through monthly blog entries."



USA TODAY High School Sports News - USAT and USATodayHSS.com

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PETER TAYE OLAFESO

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JUDGE UPHOLDS PARIRIE SEEDS ACADEMY DISQUALIFICATION

According to the Minnesota State High School League,  "Judge upholds the disqualification of team from state soccer tournament.

Following a hearing in Hennepin County District Court this morning, Judge Jay M. Quam denied amotion for a temporary restraining order that would have temporarily prevented the Minnesota State HighSchool League’s disqualification of Prairie Seeds Academy of Brooklyn

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Banham Named to Preseason All-Big Ten Women’s Basketball Team

According to Sarah Turcotte, "The
Big Ten Conference announced on Thursday that Minnesota sophomore Rachel Banham
was named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Women’s Basketball Team as voted by the
league’s head coaches. The last Gopher named to a Preseason All-Big Ten Team
was Emily Fox in 2008.






Banham,
who was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and a member of the All-Big Ten Second
Team

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NFHS Responds to American Academy of Pediatrics Statement on Cheerleading Injuries

According to Bruce Howard Director of Publications and Communications, National Federation of State High School Associations, "On
October 22, the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) released a
statement with guidelines to help prevent cheerleading injuries. Many
of the recommendations – including qualified coaches and injury
surveillance – are worthwhile and important to minimizing risk

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DAVID JOEL STERN TO RETIRE IN 2014

According to Marc Stein of ESPN.com, "NBA commissioner David Stern will retire on Feb. 1, 2014, completing a
30-year run in which he helped grow the league to dramatic new heights
of popularity.



The elevation of Adam Silver, Stern's deputy, to commissioner was unanimously approved Thursday by the NBA Board of Governors.







Stern, 70, has been the NBA's commissioner since Feb. 1, 1984.

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Prairie Seeds Academy Disqualified from State Soccer Tournament‏

According to the Minnesota State High School League Prairie Seeds Academy disqualified from state soccer tournament.

Use of an ineligible player during the entire 2012 soccer season has led the Minnesota State HighSchool League to disqualify Prairie Seeds Academy from the State Class A Boys’ Soccer Tournament. 

During its investigation of an altercation that broke out following the Section 5A

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UNLOST CAUSE: Hope for football at South

 By Jason Gonzalez, Star Tribune,

"Lenny Sedlock's face shows the battle wounds of 13 years as football coach at Minneapolis South High School. Deep furrows under his prominent brow and lines under his blue eyes.

The 52-year-old's stubby, bitten fingernails and cracking voice hint of the daily struggles at the most populated city school, which sits near Lake Street and

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The Super 60 Elite Camp MIX - Bloomington, MN '12

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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ASSISTANT MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH SAUL LAMONT SMITH WAS ARRESTED FOR FOURTH-DEGREE DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED

According to a University of Minnesota press release, “University
of Minnesota assistant men’s basketball coach Saul Smith was placed
on indefinite unpaid administrative leave Sunday after he was
arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.



Smith, the son of head men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith, was
pulled over early Saturday morning after leaving a downtown

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MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST TOOK ON ST. PAUL HIGHLAND PARK IN A FOOTBALL GAME

The Twin Cities cross over series took
place as the two second place teams in the Minneapolis and St. Paul
conferences went after each other in a football game. Each year the
last regular season game each team plays the other team from the
other conference. The first place team in St. Paul plays the first
place team in Minneapolis. This was the battle of the second place
teams in each

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EAGAN TOOK ON MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST IN THE BREAKDOWN FALL LEAGUE

Eagan went up against Minneapolis
Southwest in the Breakdown Fall Basketball League. The game got off
to a quick start as each team traded baskets in the opening minutes
of the game.





Southwest passed the ball around the
three-point line to take time off the clock. They wanted to get Eagan
out of the game.





Eagan did a good job of disrupting
Southwest in the offensive end. Both

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NEW LIFE ACADEMY TOOK ON MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST IN THE BREAKDOWN USA FALL LEAGUE

New Life Academy and Minneapolis
Southwest went up against each other in a varsity match up in the
Breakdown USA Fall League. This league gives high school teams a
chance to play games in a regular tempo game.





The game got off to a quick start as
each team raced up and down the court looking to make shots that they
put up.





Southwest was a step quicker than New
Life Academy and

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Championship soccer match breaks into on-field brawl

According to twelvedottv



"Maple Grove Police are investigating an
on-the-field brawl that broke out Thursday night in the final seconds of
a high school soccer game. The soccer section championship
between Totino-Grace and Prairie Seeds Academy was supposed to determine
who would advance to the state tournament, but now an end of the game
fight involving multiple

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Sigma Basket Barcellona - Nuovo Basket Napoli- fet TROY BELL

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LIONS LAND SOME TOUGHNESS

According to Brian Snow from Scout.com, "Lions land some toughness: Penn State has landed the commitment from a floor leader who brings a lot of toughness.



 Penn State has it going in the 2013 class now. Needing to bring in a point guard, Pat Chambers and company went into the heart of Big Ten country and landed Minnesota Pump N Run floor general Graham Woodward. 



"Graham's toughness is

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MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST TOOK ON ST. PAUL JOHNSON IN A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME

Minneapolis and St. Paul squared off as
Minneapolis Southwest and St. Paul Johnson played a high school
varsity football game.





Southwest kicked off to Johnson to
start the game. Johnson got the ball on their own 28 yard line.
Johnson kept the ball on the ground in the opening series. Johnson
got a first down on a Southwest infraction.




Johnson got the ball into the hands of

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ZERO WEEK HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES GET UNDERWAY

The first batch of Minnesota High
School football games get underway Friday and Saturday August 24, and
August 25, 2012. These teams started practice a week earlier then
everyone else.





The first regular season high school
football games gets underway next week the weekend of August 30,
2012.





If a team plays in a zero week contest
they will have to have a bye in their schedule

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ST. LOUIS PARK OPEN NEW SEASON WITH A NEW FIELD

St. Louis Park High School opened the
2012-2013 sports season with a new athletic field. Before they put
down the new turf the field would only be used for Varsity games and
graduation.





No sports teams, P.E. Classes or the
community could not use the field. If there was poor weather events
would be canceled or rescheduled because of poor field conditions.





Lots of support from the

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ROBBINSDALE COOPER GAURD RASHAD VAUGHN PICKS UP SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS

According to Charley Walters of the St. Paul Pioneer Press,
“Minnesota, Iowa State, Iowa, Kansas Baylor, Texas, Syracuse,
Tennessee, Colorado, Michigan State and Michigan have offered
basketball tenders to Robbinsdale Cooper incoming senior guard Rashad
Vaughn. 

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RILEY DEARRING IS HEADED TO WISCONSIN

Minnetonka's 6-foot-5 combo guard Riley
Dearring has committed to playing basketball at Wisconsin under head
coach Bo Ryan.

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RHETT MCDONALD IS DULUTH EAST NEW HEAD BOYS' BASKETBALL COACH

According to Duluth East Activities
Director Shawn Rode, Duluth East hires Rhett McDonald as the head
coach. Here is the press release from Duluth East.


“Duluth East fills basketball
coaching vacancy.





The Duluth East Greyhounds have
announced the hiring of Rhett McDonald as their new head boys
basketball coach for the 2012-2013 season. McDonald takes over a
prestigious East

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HOPKINS TOOK ON SAINT LOUIS PARK IN A GIRLS SOCCER GAME

Hopkins and Saint Louis Park girls
soccer team squared off in a game. It looked like it took awhile for
each of these teams to get used to the new turf field. This was the
first season that St. Louis Park had turf on the field.





Hopkins scored a goal early on in the
contest on a Jillaine Deyoung found the goal early in the contest.
With that goal that made the score Hopkins 1 and Saint

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THE HORNETS STING THE STARS IN A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME

It is opening week for teams that
participated in zero week games. The Holy Angels Stars and The Edina
Hornets took that option and played each other in week zero.




Holy Angels kicked off to Edina to
start the game. Edina got the ball on the 37 yard line on the first
play from scrimmage. They looked to get the ball into the hands of
Mohammed Malim. Malim did a good job of carrying the

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GET TO KNOW SAMUEL JEFFERY NEUMANN

Samuel Jeffery Neumann was born in 1996
in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has one older brother who just graduated
from Cretin Derham Hall and is attending Wofford College via
scholarship to play basketball.





Neumann currently attends Cretin Derham
Hall High School in St. Paul Minnesota and he will graduate in 2015.





He has been involved in basketball his
whole life. Neumann started his

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GET TO KNOW DWIGHT ERIC GOINS JR

Dwight Eric Goins
Jr. was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Goins graduated from Washburn
High School in 2008.





He played
basketball for Washburn and Dakota Technical College and he is
looking to go to either Anoka Ramsey or Dayton State College. He is 6
foot 3 inches tall and he plays the guard spot.





Goins has a big
family as he has six brothers and three sisters. He has
played sports

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THE NORTHSTAR HOOPS REPORT PROSPECT SHOWCASE DAY 1

The Northstar Hoops Report put on a
Prospect Showcase at Augsburg College. The Stock Risers Showcase will
be on August 18, from 8:00-2:00 Pm which will is for kids going into
the 7th, 8th and 9th grades. Then on
August 19, from 8:30-2:30 the Prime Time Prospect Showcase which is
for kids going into the 10th 11th and 12th
grade from 8:30-2:30 Pm.





The gym of Augsburg College was

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RAHSAAN ROLAND ROSS

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